Health Care Provider Utilization and Cost of an mHealth Intervention in Vulnerable People Living With HIV in Vancouver, Canada: Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving adherence to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) can be challenging, especially among vulnerable populations living with HIV. Even where cART is available free of charge, social determinants of health act as barriers to optimal adherence rates. Patient-centered approaches exploiting mobile phone communications (mHealth) have been shown to improve adherence to cART and promote achievement of suppressed HIV plasma viral loads. However, data are scarce on the health care provider (HCP) time commitments and health care costs associated with such interventions. This knowledge is needed to inform policy and programmatic implementation.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to approximate the resources required and to provide an estimate of the costs assoc

SUBMITTER: Campbell AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056738 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature